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- 14 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
On the Road: Zurich, Warsaw, and Istanbul
what did Dana and Rachel enjoy most about their latest trip to Europe? Here’s what they had to say. What was your favorite part of the trip? We had a great time exploring all three cities learning about the culture, history,and culinary specialties in each. We were... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Bozidar Djelic
central bank on rhythm guitar and Serbia's minister for foreign economic relations on lead vocals. Djelic himself, along with several other government ministers, sang back-up. According to the Wall Street Journal, the party broke up at 4... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
social enterprise work as a recruiting tool to attract the best young talent, our approach is much more sustainable in the long run because it avoids the reintegration issues that often arise when executives spend months away. What are... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
Weinberg this was an opportunity to go the other way and reach out to be helpful to the president, and he took it. In 1933 the president had him organizing the Business Advisory and Planning Council, through which corporate executives could present their views to the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Status Update
services to working on a reduce, reuse, and recycle campaign. The job really showed me how government could be a force for good.” Network effects: 2.1 billion people use Facebook, WhatsApp, Messenger, or Instagram every day. Podcast... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 29 May 2019
- News
HBS Career Coaches Hit the Road to Serve Alumni
California Though the United States currently spends approximately $3.5 trillion a year on health care—the equivalent of the entire GDP of the world’s fourth-largest economy—our life expectancy has decreased for the last two years in a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
state-owned firms. This article examines how the founder of the Koç Group, Vehbi Koç, formulated his business model and analyses how his firm evolved into a diversified business group. Although the case supports prevailing explanations of business groups related to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care
below those of general hospitals. On the other hand, says Christensen, the old model still applies to physicians, who are called upon to treat everything from colds to cancer. "Doctors spend most of their time treating conditions... View Details
- 02 Mar 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?
shrunk. Chinese consumers are being encouraged to spend more of it. And the leadership of the Chinese government appears to be adopting a new stance concerning free trade, one that appears to be at odds with... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Lessons from a Megacity
spending as much as three hours in transit each way, and committing some 8 percent of their salary to transit costs. The students asked: How did these systems develop, and how can they be designed to better serve the cities’ growing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
competitiveness. Total health-care spending as a percentage of GDP is 16 percent, compared with Canada’s 10 percent and Japan’s 7.9 percent. U.S. per capita health-care expenditures, at $7,026, are the highest in the world, versus... View Details
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
future? George C. Lodge: Bureaucratic inertia is strong. Big organizations do not like change. There is considerable mutual suspicion among MNCs, NGOs, and multilateral organizations. They are all busy doing what they are doing. There are ideological problems as I... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Four Professors to Retire
in 1971, and was named Williston professor later that year. In the years ahead, Crum intends to pursue his interest in international business. "I plan to spend time teaching in Japan and Europe and consulting with international... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
rise of private equity here and abroad hasn’t gone unchallenged. The Justice Department has launched an investigation into whether buyout deals involving multiple private-equity firms are anticompetitive. In Europe, critics are campaigning for new View Details
- 04 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering
lenders. It is difficult for qualified borrowers to find willing lenders, and vice versa. Federal Reserve research finds that small-business borrowers can spend almost 25 hours on paperwork for bank loans, and often apply to multiple... View Details
- 17 Jan 2025
- News
Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff
would go on to spend his career making those trips an attainable reality for millions of Americans, riding a wave of deregulation in the airline industry as both an advisor and an executive. He ultimately became CEO of Continental... View Details
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 25 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy
to vote for the plan once the firm is in Chapter 11. The advantage of either type of filing is that it allows companies to avoid steep costs associated with spending months in bankruptcy court and to take advantage of Chapter 11's... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
John Read
With a background in government service, truck-parts manufacturing, and private equity, John C. Read (MBA ’71) might seem an unlikely person to run the world’s largest adventure-based educational organization. But about a decade ago, Read... View Details
- 01 May 2019
- Blog Post
Viewpoints: Synthetic Thinking with a Humble Mindset
others, I believe we should recognize our limitations, instead of blindingly trusting in ourselves. 1. Shift from binary thinking into synthetic thinking The keynote presentation painted the state of the world to be governed by binary... View Details